The Escalating War Between Our Physical and Digital Realities

Is the destiny of the internet to become an integrated extension of the physical world, a separate parallel universe, or to supplant and subsume the real world of today? This question, which has been abstractly rattling around science fiction for decades, is so far unresolved.

It feels clear now, though, that after a long period of peace, the digital and physical worlds are going to war against each other. The conflict brewing today is likely to play a major role in defining the ultimate destiny of the internet, not to mention the version of “reality” we will inhabit in the future.